In protest of a pending anti-piracy measure currently before the U.S.
Congress, the hacker group “Anonymous” has posted personal information
about two of the most powerful men in media, Time Warner Chief Executive
Jeffrey L. Bewkes and Sumner M. Redstone, head of Viacom and CBS.

SOPA and its Senate companion bill, called the “Protect I.P. Act”
(PIPA) aim to stop online piracy of copyrighted materials like movies,
T.V. shows, and video games by granting private companies and the
government greater authority to shut down websites both within the U.S.
and abroad. Activists and Internet professionals argue that the bills
give outside agencies too much control over Internet content and could
result in censorship and the erosion of free speech.

Both sides have spent millions of dollars lobbying lawmakers,
but many of the online activists opposed to the laws don’t have the
financial clout necessary to hire the types of lobbyists who work for
Viacom and Time Warner. Instead, they have resorted to direct action,
publishing a trove of “hacked” information through websites like Pastebin.com and Scribd.com.